Comments about ‘A. Scott Anderson: Celebrate nation's birth by engaging in political process’

I like the general sentiment of this op ed, and I am grateful to the Founders
and the signers of the Declaration, but I see no point in deviating from the
facts.

" Many were tortured; others imprisoned. Some were killed.
Most lost their fortunes."

No, not really.

Snopes did
a piece on this.

Five were captured by the British. But
four were captured as Prisoners of War. And like all POW's in British Hands
back then, they were treated harshly (extremely so by today's post Geneva
Convention standards), but none were singled out for torture, and none died in
captivity. None were killed by the British.

12 had their homes
ransacked and burned though.

And many retained their fortunes, most
notably John Hancock, the guy with the big signature.

After the war,
of course, they enjoyed high social status (living legends in a way) because
they had signed the Declaration.

Lets talk about grass roots movements. There are some who wish to take away our
freedom to choose our Senators and turn the selection over to "bought and
paid for" State Representatives. Whenever I say the Pledge, I change the
word "Republic" to "Democracy" - a government "for the
people, by the people and of the people.